Mate of mine here in Prague is a Forest fan who has quite a soft spot for us, to the extent that he sometimes lurks here, and read all this. He wrote me:
"I remember it being sung a the city ground in the late 70's when I was a young whippersnapper. Still have the vinyl of it at home from 78. (The yr we won the league!)
Side 1. We've got the whole world in our hands (sung by the squad and frankly abysmal makes other teams sound like pavarotti when attempted)
Side 2. Mull of Kintyre (sung by fans)
Produced by Paper Lace (maybe you remember?)
Notts finest and only pop band. We are the armpit of the UK when it comes to music as our friends from Sheffield like to point out. Their claim to fame? The Human League.
Song Starts...:
Mull of Kintrye, oh mist strolling in from the Trent my desire..."
Yes, except that's not from the 70s when the vinyl dates from, so I prefer to think we added more imagination to it when we nicked it ;-)
(This has a lot of emotional baggage for me, as my Dad came from Campbeltown, the nearest place to the Mull of Kintyre, and I have a house near there now too...)
Good news is, looks like they don't have a second verse - Many Miles, etc. Looks like that bit at least is all ours. I rumbled it when I told him "Trent End Choir" doesnt scan either, and he didnt even recognise the phrase.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the 'Big Fat Policeman' song...
I can remember bouncing up and down in the Covered End to this in the late '60's...
Apart from it's conception by Charles Penrose in 1926 (Wiki), I can't recall or imagine any other football club having such a unique song or even a version of it...
Aston Villa: Following Birmingham's 1975 FA Cup semi final defeat to Fulham...
There is a team in blue and white,
They say that they are from brum,
They got knocked out of the FA Cup by Alec Stock's Fulham,
It was in the final minute the referee blew up and now them blue and white b**tards are out the FA Cup,
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.....
Liverpool: Anti Everton song post 1983..
The Laughing Policeman
It happened down at Goodison, not so long ago;
The Everton fans were singing, Howard Kendall he must go;
But then he won a trophy, and he was Everton's pride;
You two-faced Everton ******, you're the s**t on Merseyside!!!
Ohhh, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha...
There was a local manager, not so long ago;
The Everton fans were singing, Colin Harvey he must go;
And then they lost at Bramall Lane, so they gave the ** the sack;
But six days later, and they brought the ***** back!!!
Ohhh, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha...
There was a local derby, not so long ago;
The Everton fans were singing, the songs that they all know;
Then Dalglish scored a brilliant goal, but they said it was offside;
But we don't give a s**t because we scored ***** five!!!
Ohhh, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha...
and then they won a trophy and things were looking bright
30,000 Evertonians appeared overnight
but wait until the bubble bursts you know were they will be
right back down in the sewers were they were in 83'
Ohhh, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha...
Newcastle United: Scoffing the Black Cats...No clue to the date but unlikely to be from the 1958-1964 period so must be at least post 1970...
I know a makem takem,
he lives along the way,
I know he is a makem,
he's big and fat and gay,
and every time I see him,
he makes me want to spew,
he's just a mekem takem,
from Division two, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah......
Comments
well well, you learn something new every day! .... but I'm not convinced with the arguments used ... I still think we originated it.
Elvis, Johnny Cash and Spike Jones all recorded it. Vaughen Monroe had the first big hit with it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsfw9CEQITA
Villa sang it as "Holt Enders in the Sky"
Forest ran out to the old Robin Hood theme not ghost riders.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w7ALMIUy74
"fuck 'em all, the long and the short and the tall, you'll get no promotion this side of the ocean so cheer up my lads fuck em all"
Sorry, This song was first released by Micheal Stoute the well known trainer of Shergar, after realising he had misplaced a racehorse!
"I remember it being sung a the city ground in the late 70's when I was a young whippersnapper. Still have the vinyl of it at home from 78. (The yr we won the league!)
Side 1. We've got the whole world in our hands (sung by the squad and frankly abysmal makes other teams sound like pavarotti when attempted)
Side 2. Mull of Kintyre (sung by fans)
Produced by Paper Lace (maybe you remember?)
Notts finest and only pop band. We are the armpit of the UK when it comes to music as our friends from Sheffield like to point out. Their claim to fame? The Human League.
Song Starts...:
Mull of Kintrye, oh mist strolling in from the Trent my desire..."
Yes, maybe. But at least we had the imagination to replace "Mull of Kintyre" with "Valley Floyd Road". That has to count for something!
Not exactly Weegie as they did/do sing "City Ground, Oh mist rolling in....."
City Ground, Oh mist rolling in from the Trent
(This has a lot of emotional baggage for me, as my Dad came from Campbeltown, the nearest place to the Mull of Kintyre, and I have a house near there now too...)
Ive just noticed that. I just cut and pasted my mates message. City ground doesnt scan so well does it? he might have to produce this vinyl...
Bad news. He's found a copy of the disc on eBay!
Good news is, looks like they don't have a second verse - Many Miles, etc. Looks like that bit at least is all ours. I rumbled it when I told him "Trent End Choir" doesnt scan either, and he didnt even recognise the phrase.
I can remember bouncing up and down in the Covered End to this in the late '60's...
Apart from it's conception by Charles Penrose in 1926 (Wiki), I can't recall or imagine any other football club having such a unique song or even a version of it...
Unless you know better of course...
Hmmmm - I'm not convinced. I specifically remember a Robin Hood song with yippee - i- oos
Found these after a brief google...
Aston Villa: Following Birmingham's 1975 FA Cup semi final defeat to Fulham...
There is a team in blue and white,
They say that they are from brum,
They got knocked out of the FA Cup by Alec Stock's Fulham,
It was in the final minute the referee blew up and now them blue and white b**tards are out the FA Cup,
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.....
Liverpool: Anti Everton song post 1983..
The Laughing Policeman
It happened down at Goodison, not so long ago;
The Everton fans were singing, Howard Kendall he must go;
But then he won a trophy, and he was Everton's pride;
You two-faced Everton ******, you're the s**t on Merseyside!!!
Ohhh, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha...
There was a local manager, not so long ago;
The Everton fans were singing, Colin Harvey he must go;
And then they lost at Bramall Lane, so they gave the ** the sack;
But six days later, and they brought the ***** back!!!
Ohhh, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha...
There was a local derby, not so long ago;
The Everton fans were singing, the songs that they all know;
Then Dalglish scored a brilliant goal, but they said it was offside;
But we don't give a s**t because we scored ***** five!!!
Ohhh, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha...
and then they won a trophy and things were looking bright
30,000 Evertonians appeared overnight
but wait until the bubble bursts you know were they will be
right back down in the sewers were they were in 83'
Ohhh, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha...
Newcastle United: Scoffing the Black Cats...No clue to the date but unlikely to be from the 1958-1964 period so must be at least post 1970...
I know a makem takem,
he lives along the way,
I know he is a makem,
he's big and fat and gay,
and every time I see him,
he makes me want to spew,
he's just a mekem takem,
from Division two, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah......
Any more for any more...?